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No. 514,375. Patented Feb. 6, 1894.

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I GATE.

Patented Feb. 6, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORAN G. MILLER, OF UNION, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OLIVER.

G. MEAOHEM, OF. SAME PLACE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,375, dated February 6, 1894.

Application filcd November 2, 1893. Serial No. 489,839. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ORAN O. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan,

have inventeda new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to swinging gates, and

. horizontal position when in either its open or closed arrangement.

Further objects and ad vantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate and operating devices embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view,

showing the disposition of the parts after the hinge-rod has been shifted to open the gate. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section, of the operating mechanism. Fig. i is a view of the parts after the gate has swung open. Fig. 5

3c is a detail view of the slotted bracket. Fig.

6 is a similar view of the socket and lower end of hinge-rod.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 5 ings.

1 designates the latch-post, 2 the hinge-post, and 3 the gate which is provided at its hinged end with upper and lower hinge-eyes 4:, and at its free end with a latch 5. The hingeeyes 4 are provided with threaded stems 6 which extend through perforations in the vertical end-bar of the gate and are fitted at opposite sides of the latter with nuts 7, whereby the projection of the hinge-eyes from the line 5 of the end-bar may be adjusted.

8 represents a hinge-rod, which extends through the hinge-eyes and is stepped at its lower end in a socket 9, which is secured to the hinge-post. A key 10, is fitted in atrans- 5o verse perforation in the hinge-rod above the lower hinge-eye to prevent displacement of the parts. The upper end of the hinge-rod is slidably fitted in the V-shaped slot 11, of the guide 12, said guide being secured to the hinge-post above the upper hinge-eye of the gate. This guide is capable of adjustment by means of threaded stems 18, which engage perforations 14, near the extremities of a plate 15, which is fixed securely to the inner side of the hinge-post, and nuts 16, which are 6c threaded upon said stems upon opposite sides of said plate, said adjustment being designed to vary the inclination of the hinge-rod.

Pivotally arranged upon the upper end of the hinge-post is an operatinglever 17, which 55 is provided at its inner end with a yoke, the arms 18 of which are connected by means of short chains or other flexible connections 19, with a ring 20, which is loosely fitted upon the hinge-rod. Connected to the free end of 7c the operating lever are the oppositely-extending operating cords 21, which pass through suitable guide-eyes in the uprights 23.

From the above description it will be seen that the parts are so connected that when an operating cord is drawn, and the operating lever is thrown to one side or the other, as indicated in Fig. 2, the hinge-rod,by moving in one arm of the V-shaped slot of the guide, will be inclined laterally, and at the same time will be drawn backward, thus elevating the free end of the gate. The elevation of the free end of the gate disengages the latch, and the inclination of the hinge-rod causes the gate to swing in the direction of that inclina- 8 tion, or in the opposite direction to that of the approach of the gate. The flexible connection with the sliding ring between the hinge-rod and the lever enables the rod to be adjusted by a quick movement of the lever without the risk of straining or disarranging the parts, and the adjustability of the guide enables the hinge-rod to be arranged at such an inclination as to maintain the gate in both its closed and open positions with its longi- 5 tudinal axis parallel with the surface of the ground.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the princi- [O0 ple orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

' of the arms of the yoke, substantially as speci- 2. The combination of an inclined hingerod stepped at its lower end in a stationary socket, hinge-eyes carried by the gate and fitted upon said hinge-rod, a guide having aV- shaped slot through which the hinge-rod extends, means for adjusting said guide to alter the inclination of the hinge-rod, an operating lever, and connections between said lever and the hinge-rod, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a hinge-post and gate, of a socket fixed to the hinge-post, a hinge-rod stepped at its lower end in said socket, hinge-eyes carried by the gate and fitted upon said rod, a guide having aV-shaped slot through which the hinge-rod extends, said guide being provided with threaded stems fitting in perforations in a plate secured to the hinge-post and engaged by adjusting-nuts arranged upon opposite sides of said plate, an operating lever provided with a yoke, a ring loosely fitted upon the hinge-rod, and flexible connections between the ring and the arms of said yoke, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ORAN G. MILLER.

Witnesses:

WM. R. RHINEHART, JOSEPH HARTMAN. 

